Sanjay Saxena, joint commissioner of police, crime, said, “We are taking stern action against illegal lottery centres. More such raids will be conducted. We are taking efforts to track the mastermind.”

At the Goregaon centre, 60 lottery draws were being held every hour.

“Game King India did not take licence/permission from the government,” said inspector Jagdish Sail from unit-3.

Game King India’s system is based on a software in which customers are bound to lose the game. The owner of the company used to manipulate the software to ensure the numbers on which customers placed bets never won.

In February, eight people were jointly arrested by JJ Marg police and social service branch (SSB).

The cyber police suspect the mother server of the system was abroad.

Sources said the procedure to get lookout circulars issued against Chaurasia and his father would be initiated

soon.

The Indore police had arrested the father-son duo last year for duping people in Madhya Pradesh through the same illegal lottery.

Advocate Ajay Umapati Dubey, who represented the seven arrested accused, said, “All the accused have been falsely implicated in the case. Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code is not applicable in the case as there is no cheating.”